Warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers: this article contains references to someone who has died.
Three child protection workers in the Northern Territory (NT) have been stood down over their handling of the welfare of a five-year-old Australian girl who was allegedly murdered.
The body of the girl, known as Kumanjayi Little Baby for cultural reasons, was found on 30 April, five days after she went missing from an Aboriginal town camp near Alice Springs.
On Wednesday, the NT minister for child protection, Robyn Cahill, said the trio had been removed from their posts after she ordered an investigation into the girl's circumstances leading up to her disappearance and death.
Police have arrested and charged Jefferson Lewis, 47, with murder. The case has sparked riots in Alice Springs.
